I used to have a big customer that started every text conversation this way and it drove me nuts. Me: [question about requirement] Him: Hey buddy, how are you

I used to have a big customer that started every text conversation this way and it drove me nuts. Me: [question about requirement] Him: Hey buddy, how are you doing? Me: Oh, great man, you? (Thinking: less great now that you are turning this into a big thing) Him: Great, [talks about non work-related shit] (10 minutes and several texts later) Him: [one sentence response to my original question] I really liked this guy, but god damn he loved to chat. He spent about half of my onsite time talking on the phone with his mother or wife. I always wondered how he got anything done, since he clearly did this when I wasn't there as well according to his coworkers.